Match-scratcher attachment for pipes



June 3, 1924. 1,496,562

A. J. STRACHAN MATCH SCRATCHER ATTACHMENT FOR PIPES Filed May 17, I922 Patented June 3, 1924.

ALEXANDER J. STRACHAN, or HOWARD, Kansas.

MATCH-SCRATCHER ATTACHMENT FOR PIPES.

Application filed May 17, 1922. Serial No. 561,635.

To all whom it may concern" Be it known that I, ALEXANDER J. STRAoHAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Howard, in the county of Elk and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Match- Scratcher Attachments for Pipes, of which the following is a specification.

In carrying out the present invention it is my purpose to provide a match scratching attachment for smokers pipes which may be manufactured and sold at small cost and which may be quickly and conveniently attached to the pipe without the necessity of materially altering the formation of the pipe.

With the above recited objects in view, and others of 'a like nature, the invention resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 isa side elevation of a smokers pipe equipped with my improved match scratching attachment.

Figure 2 is a sectional 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the attachment removed from the pipe.

Figure 4 is a bottom plan view showing my attachment as applied to the bottom of the pipe.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, '1 designates the bowl of a pipe and 2 the stem thereof. This bowl and stem may be of any suitable or desired construction.

In the preferred iorm of my invention I have shown the right hafidside of the bowl of the pipe as formed with a cut out or depression 3 designed to receive my improved match scratc-hing attachment.

This attachment comprises a curved strip 4 having its concaved surface rou hened or serrated as at 5. Formed integra with the side edges of the strip 4 and extending upwardly from the concaved side thereof are side protecting plates 6 having their upper edges lying in the same plane asthe upper ends of the concaved surface of the strip 4 Integral with the upper edges of the plate 6 and the ends of the strip 4 is a substantially rectangular reinforcing flange 7 view on the line In practice, my improved attachment as us t described and as illustrated in Figure 3 is seated in the recess or cut out 3 in the pipe bowl and tacks 8 or other appro-' priate fastening devices are driven through openings 9 formed in the strip 4 at the res'pective ends thereof, and these tacks enter the wall of the pipe and act to hold my attachment securely in position in the recess.

In Figure 4 of the drawings I have shown my improved attachment as seated in a recess or groove that is formed in the bottom of the pipe.

My improved attachment may be stam d out of sheet metal and may e manu actured and sold at small cost, and when fastened in the recess or groove in the wall of the pipe the side plates 6 act to protect the wall of the pipe and to confine the sparks incident to the striking of the match to my improved attachment.

, Having' thus described the invention, what .is claimed as new, is

1. An attachment of the class described comprising a longitudinally curved strip of flat form in cross section and havin its concaved surface roughened to provi e a match scratchin surface, ride plates integral with the si e edges of such strip and having their outer edges in the same plane as the ends of the strip, and a reinforcing flange integral with the outer edges of said plates and strip and arranged at right angles thereto.

2. An attachment of the class described comprising a longitudinally curved strip of flat form in cross section and having its concaved surface roughened to provide a match scratching surface, side plates integral with the side edges of such strip and having their outer edges in the same plane as the ends of the strip, a reinforcin flange integral with the outer edges of sai plates and strip and arranged at right angles thereto, in combination with a tobacco pipe having a recess formed therein to snugly receive said attachment with the outer surface of the flange flush, with the outer surface of the pipe and securing de-- vices driven through the ends of said strip and embedded in the wall of the recess.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ALEXANDER J. STRACHAN. 

